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William L. Thomson Jr. wrote: |
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> When I was thinking again about Gentoo's structure. The relationship of |
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> the Foundation and the Council. I thought of an odd scenario. The |
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> council rules the project, period. No contesting that and I am not |
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> looking to change that. |
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I contest that the Foundation not only rules, but is Gentoo. It owns |
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the assets and funds of Gentoo and it is it's responsibility that they |
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are used appropriately. |
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> That said, the Council decides to take some action within Gentoo. That |
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> decision and action requires funding. Now who's hands does the power lie |
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> in? At that point the Trustees, and if they choose not to fund the |
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> request. Then what? Council is denied their supreme authority. Hardly |
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> ideal, and I believe goes against the purpose of the council. |
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And what happens if the Council actions funding that is against the |
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interests of Gentoo. Is the Foundation to blindly accept there decision. |
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> Case in point. Last year for the Florida Linux Show, I had to ask and |
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> get Trustees approval to fund a booth at the show for Gentoo[1]. To me |
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> that seems like a decision that should fall to the Council not the |
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> Foundation. |
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Isn't the Council only interested in Gentoo Development? Why burden it |
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with non-development related funding requests? |
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> The only time the Foundation should deny a funding request/order from |
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> the council is if there is not adequate funds available. But it should |
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> not be up to a second body what areas get funded and don't. |
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The only time the Foundation should deny a funding request/order form |
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from the Council is when |
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1) There is not adequate funds |
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2) The request does not satisfy one of the Principles or Tasks of the |
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Gentoo Foundation. |
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> The Foundation isn't running the project, why should they be in control |
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> of what money is spent on. Now access and final payment, I think should |
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> still go through the Foundation. But more as acting on the Council's |
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> ruling or decision. Unless it's a totally insane request, there might be |
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> some veto power in the request/order. But really it should not be up to |
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> the Foundation. It's not it's mission to decide those things. Just |
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> oversee and enact. |
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I actually see very little difference between this and other threads on |
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Gentoo's organisational structure. [1] One thing that I get the |
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impression of, is that ppl think that just because one Group has the |
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power it has to be the one to enforce it. The Foundation could quiet |
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easily delegate some/all spending authority to the Council if it wishes. |
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I would like the Foundation to have veto powers of nearly everything the |
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Council does, but would expect the convention to be that the Foundation |
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accepts decisions (automatically) by Council ( unless there is something |
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really wrong with the decision ). I have also detailed ways to stop to |
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much power from being held within the Foundations hands ( via Councils |
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right to call Foundation elections and vice-versa ). |
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Alistair |
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[1] |
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http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-project/msg_5e369c64711639bbcde1671313ea933a.xml |
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